Former Capcom developers who worked on the Resident Evil franchise have announced a new game they’re working on for Steam and the Nintendo Switch. Hideaki and Saori Utsumi are hanging up the horror vibes from their Resident Evil days to craft a cute-looking title under their new studio as a professional duo and married couple.
Hideaki Utsumi worked as a sound designer on Capcom’s original 1996 Resident Evil title and its sequel two years later. These entries are considered two of many Resident Evil games with the best music. Utsumi also contributed to the music on the first entry’s GameCube remake, Resident Evil: Deadly Silence, and Resident Evil 5. Saori Utsumi previously worked as a composer for Capcom, arranging music for Resident Evil 3: Nemesis and Mega Man Xtreme.
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Announced on Twitter, Hideaki and Saori shared a post from the account of their brand-new game development studio called Birdkin Studio. The couple noted the studio was small, with only Hideaki and Saori running operations for now, and the duo also announced they were working...